(0)Roald Dahl
21) Going solo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
Continues his memoir "Boy." Recounts his experiences as a young man working in Africa for Shell Oil through his time as a pilot with the RAF.
22) The Minpins
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
23) Esio Trot
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
24) Dirty beasts
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they...
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they...
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents five of the author's most popular novels. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (abridged): e gates of Mr. Willy Wonka's fabulous chocolate factory are opening at last and only five lucky children are allowed to enter. James and the Giant Peach (abridged): A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach. Fantastic Mr. Fox (unabridged): Three farmers, each one...
28) My Uncle Oswald
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Description
Aside from being thoroughly debauched, strikingly attractive and astonishingly wealthy, Uncle Oswald was the greatest bounder, bon vivant and fornicator of all time. In this instlalment of his scorchingly frank memoirs he tells of this early career and erotic education at the hands of a number of enthusiastic teachers, of discovering the invigorating properties of the Sudanese Blister Beetle, and of the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, his electrifying...
29) Revolting rhymes
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.
30) Boy
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
The remarkable story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family. Like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new end section of facts about Roald Dahl.
34) Matilda
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
George Kranky's Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman. One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine. So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do. A magic medicine it will be. One that will either cure her completely ... or blow off the top of her head. WARNING: Do not try to make George's Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous. Ages 7+
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen stories, selected for teenagers, from Dahl's adult writings, including "The Great Automatic Grammatizator, " "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, " and "Vengeance is Mine Inc."
39) Vile verses
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A collection of unique verses, songs, and fairy tales, featuring full-color illustrations from such renowned artists as William Joyce, Quentin Blake, and Lane Smith.
